Blotting attachment for check-books, &amp;c.



A. WARSHAUER;

bun-um; ATTACHMENT FOR CHECK BOOKS, m.

RPPLICATION FILED LULY 30| 1919.

.1 ,339,937. Patented May 11, 1920.

02%;? Trysv UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER WARSHAUER, 0F

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BLOTTING ATTACHMENT FOR CHECK-BOOKS, 62.6.

Application filed July 30,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER l VansHAUnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Blotting Attachments for Check-Books, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates chiefly to pocket check books composed of a pack of leaves each constituting a single bank check, and a cover composed of relatively stiff leaves, secured at their inner ends to one end of the pack, and a back connecting the cover leaves and extending across the inner end of the pack.

The object of the invention is to provide a blotting attachment for a book of the character above stated, including a leaf of blotting paper, and means for connecting one end of said leaf with the book in such manner that the blotting leaf is adapted to swing while connected with the book, and to alternately expose and cover the top leaf of the book, the blotting leaf, when in one position, permitting the top leaf to be written upon, and being adapted, when in the other position, to absorb surplus ink from the top leaf.

The invention is embodied in the improve ments which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification;-

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an openedeheck book provided with a blotting attachment embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the attachment shown by Figs. 1 and 2.

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views illustrating another form of attachment embodying the invention.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, 12 represents the pack of 'leaves of a pocket check book, 13, 13

represent the cover leaves, and 14. represents the cover back connecting the leaves 13 and extending across the inner end of the pack 12, the book being of common and well known construction.

My improved attachment comprises a blotter 15, which may be a single leaf of blotting paper, having a hinge socket member 16 at one end, a wire pintle 17 formed Specification of Letters Patent.

1918. Serial No. 314,311.

to extend across the top leaf of the pack, and having means at its opposite ends for engaging the book, the blotter being adapted to swing on the pintle and alternately e1;- pose the top leaf of the book, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and to cover the top leaf, as shown by Fig. 1, and by full lines in Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of the invention shown by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the pintle is provided at its opposite end with angular extensions constituting oppositely projecting alined trunnions 18, adapted to be interposed between the cover back 1% and the inner end of the pack 12, the arms 19 connecting the trunnions with the pintle. The arms 19 are relatively short, and are sufficiently resilient to permit the trunnions 18 to be sprung into and out of the crevice between the cover back 1 1 and the inner end of the pack 12.

The described attachment is adapted to be adjusted, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the blotter lying on one of the cover leaves and exposing the top leaf of the pack 12. After writing on the top leaf, the owner may conveniently swing the blotter 15 in the position shown by Fig. 1, and by full lines in Fig. 2, the blotter bearing on the top leaf and absorbing the surplus ink.

The trunnions 18 and arms 19 permit the pintle and the blotter 15 to swing on an axis formed by the trunnions and adjust themselves to the thickness of the pack, so that as the thickness is reduced by the removal of leaves therefrom, the blotter is enabled to lie flat on the top leaf of the pack whatever the thickness of the pack may be. The pintle and blotter are also adapted to swing on said axis from the full line position to the dotted line position shown by Fig. 2.

The embodiment of the invention shown by Figs. 4 and 5 differs from that shown. by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, only in that the arms, designated 19 are elongated and are provided with a slidable keeper 21, adapted to prevent the withdrawal of the trunnions 18 from the book. The length of the arms 19 is such that they form with the trunnions 17" and the keeper 21, a swinging frame adapted to surround the writing-receiving portion of the top leaf of the pack, so that when said frame rests on the top leaf, the check may be conveniently filled in, the blotter 15 being extended from the frame, as shown by Fig. 4. The blotter is adapted to swing into the space bounded by said frame, as shown by Fig. 5, and to be contained with the frame between the covers of the book. When the keeper '21 is moved to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, it permits the arms 19 to be flexed outwardly far enough to withdraw the trunnions 18 from the book.

It is obvious that the attachment may be used with any bound book analogous to a pocket check book, the pack 12 being composed of printed leaves having blanks or spaces to receive pen-written indicia. For example, the leaves may constitute receipt blanks or forms. The term blank books used herein is intended to include any book, the leaves of which have blanks or spaces to be filled'in by the user. i

The arms 19 when in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, locate the pintle 17 at a suitable distance from the hinge por tion of the upper cover leaf to expose the inner end portion of a leaf stub, or of an inter-leaf to receive records, turned back on said cover leaf.

1 claim:

1. A blotting attachment for blank books comprising a wire pintle formed to extend across a blank book leaf, and having angular extensions at its opposite ends constitut ing oppositely projecting alined trunnions adapted to be inserted in the crevice between the inner end of a pack of checks and the back portion of the pack cover, and resilient arms connecting said trunnions with the pintle, and adapted to hold the trunnions yieldingly in said crevice and permit the withdrawal of the trunnions, and a blotter having a socket member adapted to turn on the pintle, the blotter being adapted to swing on the pintle and alternately expose and cover the top leaf of the book, and the pintle being adapted to swing on an axis formed by said trunnions.

2. A. blotting attachment for blank books comprising a wire pintle formed to extend across a blank book leaf, and having angular extensions at its opposite ends constitut-' ing oppositely projecting alined trunnions adapted to be inserted in the crevice between the inner edge of a pack of checks and the back portion of the pack cover, and resilient arms connecting said trunnions with the pintle and adapted to hold the trunnions yieldingly in said crevice and permit the withdrawal of the trunnions, and a blotter having a socket member adapted to turn on the pintle, the blotter being adapted to swing on the pintle and alternately expose and cover the top leaf of the book, said arms being elongated and provided with a slidable keeper adapted to prevent the withdrawal of the trunnions from the book,

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

ALEXANDER VARSHAUER. 

